Tag: Facebook
FTC Denies Facebook’s Request For Chair To Recuse Herself In Antitrust...
The FTC denied a request by Meta to bar Lina Khan, the commission’s chair, from an antitrust case challenging its proposed acquisition of a...
Facebook Fights Back Against £3B UK Mass Action Over Market Dominance
On Monday Facebook asked a London tribunal to block a collective lawsuit valued at up to £3 billion (S$4.9 billion) over allegations the social...
Market Definition and Three 19a Designations Under German Antitrust Law: Alphabet,...
The Bundeskartellamt has designated Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as 19a firms. Thus, they are potentially subject to specific competition law interventions under a special...
Meta Must Face US Suit Over Facebook Ads
Meta lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit in Northern California federal court brought by an artist who said Facebook violates her and other...
Australian Gov Report: Law making Facebook & Google Pay For News...
An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc’s Google negotiate content supply deals with...
Facebook Looked To Settle EU Antitrust Concerns In June Of Last...
Facebook owner Meta reached out to EU antitrust regulators some time back in an attempt to settle investigations into its use of customer data and...
EU Will Facebook With New Antitrust Charges: Politico
EU antitrust regulators are drawing up charges against Facebook parent Meta over its use of customer data and the tying of its classified advertisements...
Russia’s Watchdog Adds Meta To ‘Extremists’ List
Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added US tech giant Meta to its list of "terrorists and extremists", Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
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Irish Regulator Submits Draft Decision In Facebook Data Breach
Taking the next step in its inquiry into a data breach of Meta’s Facebook platform, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has submitted a draft decision...
Facebook Whistleblower Launches Nonprofit To Take On Big Tech
Whistleblower Frances Haugen — a former Facebook engineer who leaked documents suggesting the firm put profits before user safety — launched a new organisation on Thursday,...
